Rembrandt’s Act of Recognition - November 6, 2011

Cultures10 Rembrandt and the Face of JesusReviews of the exhibit and the book by Dennis Raverty and Garwood P. AndersonRembrandt’s use of a Jewish model for Jesus was unprecedented in Christian art and shocked some people, but using models of the same ethnicity as Jesus was undoubtedly intended by Rembrandt to achieve greater realism.

Books13 Defending Constantineby Peter J. LeithartReview by Review by Mark F.M. ClavierJudging from the tone of Defending Constantine, perhaps no church historian has been more infuriated by John Howard Yoder and Stanley Hauerwas than Peter J. Leithart, senior fellow of theology at New St. Andrews College and pastor of Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, Idaho.

14 The Wisdom of Stabilityby Jonathan Wilson-HartgroveReview by Jon Adamson

18 The History of Christian Europeby G.R. EvansReview by Sarah Apetrei

Features19 Christmas Books 2011Gift Ideas from Friends of The Living Church

Catholic Voices22 Choose Inclusive JusticeBy Leander S. HardingBishop Mark J. Lawrence is now the subject of complaints under the revised Title IV that he has abandoned the communion of this church. The list of complaints, dominated by thought crimes and guilt by association, reads like a long-lost text from the Joseph McCarthy era.